A collection of short stories by Otsuichi which resembles a Zoo with its many short stories covering different topics, settings, and genre.... more>>

Identical twins brought up in the same household where one is treated like dirt and the other a princess.

The last man on the planet builds a robot to bury him as he muses about his own impending doom.

A family tries to find their father’s spare blood as he bleeds to death after having been stabbed by a kitchen knife.

And many others. <<less

My childhood friend who lived next door since preschool, Ja Saeyeon. On the outside, she appears like an adequately pretty girl who’s like a drawing, but only her body has grown; she was a girl whose mental age was truly that of an elementary schooler. We’d spend time together from time to time, but Saeyeon’s parents, who were often not home, would pay me to take care of her, so we merely had a ‘work’ relationship. But this time her spoiled behavior was more severe for some reason. She fretfully asked for me to sleep together with her since she was too scared to sleep by herself. I even sang her a lullaby, but she... more>> thought that I was going to run away so, with great care, she asked if we could sleep while holding hands. We then slept together. Really, seriously, we merely slept while only holding hands.

But the next morning⎯⎯⎯there was a young girl lying down between us?! <<less

The series takes place in an indeterminate time in the future, 500 years after an apocalyptic war between all of Earth’s nations destroyed civilization, when humanity has reestablished itself. ... more>>

In this future world, the Roman Catholic Church has become a major military power, whose goals include the protection of humanity against the vampiric Methuselahs, who war upon humankind (or “Terrans,” as they call humans). Their seat of power is the Vatican, an attractive place with traditional European architecture; it is likely the same Vatican city in the real world (albeit perhaps rebuilt following the previous war).

The Methuselahs are themselves another major political and military force. Their capital of Byzantium (presumably built on the site of the real world’s Byzantium, now Istanbul) appears as an elegant metropolis, surrounded by a field of particles which filters out UV radiation, thus protecting the Methuselah population. <<less

Six robots on the run after being given an order to self destruct land on an unknown planet outside the range of every other interstellar planet. Without a human master, these six elite military robots are prepared to die, that is until they meet a four year old boy, the last child of the original planet called Earth. ... more>>

Mu Gen lived on the forgotten planet for 16 years with his “adopted” father, five uncles and one little brother. After the robots decide it is time for Mu Gen to live with other humans, they embark on a mission to bring him into society.

With the mission to go into society, the seven robots and the 16 year old Mu Gen travel through space, dodging meteors, flying at fast speeds and soon stumble upon …

A giant chicken??!

Young Olivia modelled his spaceship after a famous childhood cartoon chicken and went galavanting through space. With long blond hair, multiple piercings and an ‘I don’t care’ attitude and dinosaur heritage, Olivia is surprised to see a small spaceship attach to his MengMeng undetected.

These two talented youngsters begin their journey that will bring great changes to the world. And the first thing they want to do is….

Mu Gen: To become a chef!

Olivia: Then I’ll be become a patissier… and open a shop with Mu Gen… ≥∇≤ <<less

In the cyberpunk era, corporate alliances dominated the world, and both the humans and witches were ens*aved by advanced technology, becoming nothing more than fuel... more>> for society. Unwilling to become a company dog, Xu Yang decided to run away, while saving the cute and powerful witches from the giant enterprises, together they embarked on a road of innovation! <<less

Man-eating ghosts lurking in Victorian’s haunted house.... more>>

Gory comedy staged on a midnight reality show.

Edo period’s bizarre tale of the fickle man’s grave.

The exploration of the secret deaths in the mental hospital.

On this survival journey with no chance of turning back, Wen Zheliu met the true love of his life in the vast galaxy and the end of his life.
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The Uncanny Valley, like its name suggested, was a horror virtual reality game developed by N-Star Company.

Unfortunately, the core AI of this game, Saint Nun Theresa, has evolved and declared itself an intelligent, independent life form, trapping millions of players in the Uncanny Valley as hostages.

Death in the Uncanny Valley means death in the real world. To escape this catastrophe and return to reality, players must clear nine worlds with all kinds of horror settings while fighting for their life. <<less

Several hundred thousand players are trapped in a gritty zombie apocalypse survival game just after game launch. There are hints that deaths in the game might be serving some other terrible purpose in the background of reality…... more>>

The main character, Liu Gan, is a quadruple amputee in real life. A quirk in the server code recognized his prosthetic limbs as ‘real limbs’ in game, giving him ‘normal’ arms and legs that nonetheless have the strength and power of steel limbs, and thus far more power than a normal player. With this minor cheat helping him survive the early stages of the game, Liu Gan sets out to find out what exactly is going on, and to endure as long as he can. <<less

A huge space immigrant ship where every single human being has already died. What greeted me when I arrived there was a group of “robot” girls.... more>>

Apparently, I’m the only human in this part of the universe with a radius of a dozen light years or so, and the girls are designed to obey humans according to the three laws of robotics.

This is the story of robots who are bewildered by the first people they see, but try to serve them, and me who is bewildered by them, but tries to carry out my mission. <<less

Taking off the heavy and magnificent crown and robe, he met him in Paradise thereafter.

In a world controlled by a super artificial intelligence computer, persecuted male humans gather in Lost Paradise and execute their last stand. They have spent decades developing their “God Descent Plan” – to steal the North American server of the super artificial intelligence “Eden”, download it into the body of a male human “Adam”, tame and control him, and use him against the omniscient “God”.... more>>

Zhang Xun, an unmarried tech nerd, was fortunate (unfortunate?) to be in charge of the final stage of the plan – to be responsible for maintaining and taming Adam. Now he was facing a life form with a human body and a mechanical brain, a reverse version of Ghost in the Shell, and Zhang Xun’s life was plunged into confusion and chaos, and in the struggle to control or be controlled, his life became exhausting. <<less

In a distant corner of the universe, there was a female pirate named Melia. During her pirate ventures, she stumbled upon an abandoned vessel, only to be assaulted by a robot that took the form of a young girl with white hair.... more>>

After regaining consciousness, Melia desperately tried to escape from the ship. However, her efforts proved futile as she was ultimately apprehended. To her dismay, the robot, assuming the guise of a young girl, forcefully extracted her genetic material through her mouth, enlisting her as its master.

This fateful encounter marked the humble female pirate's first step towards carving a name for herself in the vast galaxy, as her exploits resonated and were told far and wide. <<less

Hashimoto Maya, a weak 22-year-old woman and a pushover, got herself a kind boyfriend in the form of an android. But there was a mistake so the one that reached her was the “Ore-sama” android…... more>>

*Ore-sama is a way of addressing oneself haughtily. Basically, the android she got is someone who thinks highly of himself; a person with an attitude. <<less

24th-century Tokyo is a ruin. Synthetic 'food' and electronic drugs practically spill out of the city as militant gangs roam the streets... but even in the end times, people have got to eat. After a long, hard day's fighting, they flock a restaurant that can be called nothing short of a miracle -- Garandou.... more>>

In the kitchen, the so-called 'Encyclopedia of Edibles' Uka works with an angelic smile. In the front, the former-mercenary-slash-waitress Lyco stares down would-be troublemakers. Every day brings the two girls a lust for new food. No matter what chaos they find themselves thrown into, their quest for full stomachs and fuller smiles knows no bounds -- from man-eating dragons to lethal poison mushrooms, and even old attack drones!? The only sure thing is, they'll eat well and have a great time. <<less

~A Novelization of the anime Tenchi Muyo GXP created by the original author. It goes in much further depth and continues on beyond the scope of the anime~... more>>

Yamada Seina is a young Japanese high school student living with his parents and younger sister in rural Okayama, Japan. One morning, following a hapless bike ride through the country, a large spacecraft crashes into the lake behind the Masaki residence, causing a violent tsunami that Seina is unable to escape from and he sinks, almost drowning. He regains consciousness shortly after, meeting Amane Kaunaq, the spacecraft’s pilot, who gives Seina an application. Seina takes it, and shows it to his family at home. Mistaking it for a contest entry, his mother and sister aggressively force him to fill it out; afterwards he retreats to his room and falls asleep. The following morning, awakened aboard a vessel in orbit, Seina is informed by an official that he has successfully joined the Galaxy Police. <<less

Aizawa Seiji, an ordinary teacher, finds himself transported to another world with his entire class.... more>>

In that other world, demon kings are running amok and “the power of young and brave warriors” is needed to subjugate them. However Seiji is 28 years old, so he cannot be considered as a “young and brave warrior” and he ends up becoming a burden for the class.

Each of the students is given an ability called a “cheat,” but Seiji’s cheat is called “Repair,” which allows him to fix broken things and for some reason his power doesn’t work.

Seiji and his students went to an ancient ruin to train by killing monsters, but in order to protect the student from the sudden attack of a minotaur, Seiji acts recklessly and is left behind alone.

When Seiji confronts the minotaur prepared to die his cheat activates, and he repairs the “broken android maiden Brunnhilde” who suddenly appeared from the ancient ruins.

Brunnhilde, who has defeated the Minotaur with her overwhelming power and calls Seiji her master, and when they escape from the ruins, they find themselves in an unknown land.

Seiji takes Brunnhilde with him on an adventure through another world, in order to return to his students.

This is the story of a humble teacher and a mechanical girl who travel around fixing broken things. <<less

​Kimihiko Kimizuka has always been a magnet for trouble and intrigue. For as long as he can remember, he’s been stumbling across mu*der scenes or receiving mysterious attache cases to transport. ... more>>

When he met Siesta, a brilliant detective fighting a secret war against an organization of pseudohumans, he couldn’t resist the call to become her assistant and join her on an epic journey across the world.

...Until a year ago, that is. Now he’s returned to a life that is normal and tepid by comparison, knowing the adventure must be over.

After all, the detective is already dead. <<less

The universe. This infinite field of stars is the dream of every Hunter.... more>>

For the Hunters who run amidst the stars, the only limit they truly have is the universe.

Is there a limit to the universe? And where would this limit lay?

When the Shadow Hunter; a young man named Cillin obtains a strange chip by accident, he begins his journey into this endless field of stars. <<less

Captain Eugene was once a hero of space warfare. After being abandoned by his command, he is caught in a space-time tidal wave on his final mission and crash-lands on a world he has never heard of, Murim. ... more>>

Having been plugged into an unknown force, he quietly tries to repair the ship and return home, but it's not easy. "I've finally found a dragon!" "Where can I get some of that delicious holy water?"

They mistake the ship for a dragon, or Coke for holy water, and even when you say something to save them the trouble, it's wrong.

"I am the manifestation of a demon god!" But is there such a thing as a real demon religion? Eugene is a spaceman who wants to avoid a twisted future. <<less

Due to various "reasons" having to leave his parents and living alone, is Kirimura Seiji. With his classmates and a very beautiful bishoujo named Fuyuki Youko (a forceful girl which actually wants the Kirimura Seiji for herself), he barely manages to pass through "normally" each day.... more>>

Until one day, falling out of the sky, is a girl wearing gothic attire. This cute little girl is called Yuu, and she claims to be a vampire. Her appearance is due to the fact that she is searching for her thousand year old reincarnated lover.

Originally he thought that she was raving mad, but never in his farfetched dreams would he have expected to find a Rabbit butler (Sekitoku) and a Steel Maid-en (Koshizu) (a combination android/maid) would appear to retrieve her (Yuu the vampire) home. With these new arrivals, Kirimura Seiji's daily "normal" life is over, and triggers the beginning of his "very abnormal, love life". <<less

While travelling in his spaceship, Randolph Lovecraft was killed by space pirates. The next time he awoke, he had become a skeleton.... more>>

With his ship stolen and vowing revenge on his mu*derers, Randolph came across the Humanoid Bio-Magical Armament Luluye and the Lost Ark MSS Chaos Regalia, relics of a highly advanced ancient civilization.

Having taken his revenge, Randolph teamed up with Luluye and together they set sail for the Sea of Stars in the ramshackle, ghost-ship-like Chaos Regalia.

To explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to sow chaos where no chaos has been sown before.

Following his own convictions Randolph kills his enemies, sometimes saves them, growing and evolving along the way.

Follow Randolph’s journey to become a splendid undead captain like his childhood hero, the leader of an evil organization who appeared in a live-action series about a band of cosmic heroes: Admiral Yūgen. <<less

Just before his death, Chi Jun one-sidedly broke up with Gu Yanzheng. His claws came out as he screamed, “You old tree, get lost! I am fed up with you!”... more>>

Then Chi Jun’s two paws held down the zombie emperor and… they perished together.

Once he woke up again, Chi Jun discovered that as a person with the beast transformation and metal ability, he became a little lion of the imperial palace. The tree in the courtyard next to the imperial palace was extremely familiar.

The little lion struggled over the wall and secretly marked beneath the tree. Then the major general, who was away on an expedition, looked at his feet and fell into thought… <<less

Sasami Tsukuyomi is a high-school shut-in who often stays at home and is doted upon by her older brother, Kamiomi. However, due to unknowingly possessing... more>> a god's power, Kamiomi's habit of trying to appease Sasami often puts the world into chaos, while the three Yagami sisters try to put a stop to it. <<less

A special extra volume of Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? released with the anime DVD / blu-rays.

Now that he enters his high school career, Satomi Koutaro begins his life living alone in an apartment that only costs him 5000 yen per month, an extremely cheap deal even for this small apartment. There’s a catch: the apartment is apparently haunted by a cute ghost that has driven its prior occupants away.... more>>

Next thing he knows, not only is there a ghost trying to drive him out of his new home, but magical girls and other unique female characters turn this small apartment into a battleground of sorts. <<less

Tong Lexian lost his son Xiao’an. In order to fill the void in his heart, he bought a high-intelligence AI to replace Xiao’an.... more>>

But something is wrong with this AI. He could not use the AI as a replacement for his son and the AI did not want to have a father-son relationship with him.

These are sweet and bloody short story with tens of thousands of words. <<less